Kettle Trophy Round Two

Results

Team		Team 1			Team 2			Team 3			Team 4			Team 5			Team 6			Team 7			Team 8
		F	A	E	F	A	E	F	A	E	F	A	E	F	A	E	F	A	E	F	A	E	F	A	E
1	Wood M				3	9	2	3	13	3
2	Munro	9	3	5							3	10	2
3	Gunn	13	3	5							10	2	5
4	Steven				10	3	5	2	10	2
5	Fleming																7	5	3	3	9	2
6	Kesley													5	7	3							11	6	5
7	Copland													9	3	5							5	13	2
8	Barr J																6	11	2	13	5	5

League Table

Position	Team	Played	For	Against	Shots       U / (D)	Ends	Points
1	Gunn	2	23	5	18	10	4
2	Barr J	2	19	16	3	7	2
3	Munro	2	12	13	-1	7	2
4	Steven	2	12	13	-1	7	2
5	Copland	2	14	16	-2	7	2
6	Fleming	2	10	14	-4	5	2
7	Kesley	2	10	14	-4	5	2
8	Wood M	2	6	22	-16	5	0

Round two of the Kettle trophy saw all eight competing teams side by side on the ice at Murrayfield on Friday evening.

Defending champion skip Niall Gunn, supported by his strong rink of Shona Watt, Andrew Cargill and Francis Kennedy had a relatively easy game against Mike Wood, Simon Kesley, Morna Aitken and Kirsty Barr.  They started off at a gallop, scoring all of their 13 points in the first five ends.  Mike’s three ends at the end of their eight-end game (well done by the way and your single Hamlet to share between the eight of you is on its way!) might be valuable when we get to the business end of the competition.  Whoever beats Niall and his team in this competition will have played well, I venture.

Jenny Barr, Lois Copland, Joe Barry and substitute Emma Barr must have thought they were on easy street when they scored a big four in the first end of their game against Susan Kesley, Catriona Still, Sheena Munro and Colin Campbell.  Not so; Susan and co came right back at them with a six the very next end!  They won the next four ends before Jenny managed to get back on the scoreboard in the last end.

John Steven, club president Katie Wood, Nook Weir and Annie Barr got back to winning ways after their relative mauling at the hands of Niall Gunn last week.  A big four in the first end settled any nerves and a strong middle section of the game secured the victory.

In the last game, Robin Copland, Barbara Wood and substitute Margaret Jacks had a hard-fought win against Raymond Preston (skipping in place of Brian Fleming), Betty Gibb and Pauline Alexander.  The final score flatters the Copland rink, who struggled at the start of the game before settling down to the task at hand.  It was good to see Margaret back on the rink; she curled and swept well.

Kettle Trophy Round One

The first two club nights saw the completion of round one of the Kettle trophy.  First of all, there are the game results, then there is the league table.  Scurrilous and potentially libellous comments follow thereafter.

Results

Team		Team 1			Team 2			Team 3			Team 4			Team 5			Team 6			Team 7			Team 8
		F	A	E	F	A	E	F	A	E	F	A	E	F	A	E	F	A	E	F	A	E	F	A	E
1	Wood M				3	9	2
2	Munro	9	3	5
3	Gunn										10	2	5
4	Steven							2	10	2
5	Fleming																7	5	3
6	Kesley													5	7	3
7	Copland																						5	13	2
8	Barr J																			13	5	5

League Table

Position	Team	Played	For	Against	Shots       U / (D)	Ends	Points
1	Barr J	1	13	5	8	5	2
2	Gunn	1	10	2	8	5	2
3	Munro	1	9	3	6	5	2
4	Fleming	1	7	5	2	3	2
5	Kesley	1	5	7	-2	3	0
6	Wood M	1	3	9	-6	2	0
7	Copland	1	5	13	-8	2	0
8	Steven	1	2	10	-8	2	0

It’s only taken one round but already the cat’s gone wild in the loft, the pigeons have lost control of  themselves and have only gone and blocked the one fan in the room.  It’s a nightmare!

Niall Gunn delivered a bit of a doing to John Steven.  Niall is the defending champion skip to be fair, but the outside, casual observer always felt that this was a tough opener.  Anyhow, there we are and after one round of play, he finds himself sitting in the top half of the table.

Jenny Barr, Lois Copland, Joe Barry and substitute Laura Barr got off to a bit of a flier themselves, mind you.  They had a great game against Barbara Wood, Anne Anderson, Donald Kennedy and substitute Ian Copland.  According to a nameless relation of Ian’s who happened to be playing on the same sheet in the same game, Ian struggled with his draw weight for the first four ends.  She said this through barely-concealed gales of merriment and mirth, it has to be reported.  There's maybe the merest smidgin of hyperbole there but anyhow, it looks to have been a tough old game for all concerned.

In the battle of Longniddry (well, almost), Dave Munro showed a clean pair of heels to Sheriff Wood of Michael Forest.  This time, it was the rich who robbed from the poor and ends three (2), four (1), five (2) and six (3) ensured a 9-3 win for Dave, Bob Barr, Norman Nicol and Susan MacFarlane.  Mike had Simon Kesley, Morna Aitken and the ever-present Joe Barry in his team.

The final game had Brian Fleming, Raymond Preston, Pauline Alexander and substitute Emma Barr facing off against Susan Kesley, Margaret Nicol, Sheena Munro and Kirsty Barr.  This was a tricky game for Susan and co and though they got a nice 3 in end three to peg the score back to 4-3, Brian replied with a big 3 of his own in the very next end and that was enough.  Susan scored two valuable ends in ends five and six to take her to three ends in total.

There is less time allocated for games this season by the way, so it is all the more important that curlers are ready to play in the hack when it is their turn.  The target is, of course, eight ends, but that may be a tall order.  A cigar to the first teams that manage it – you can split it eight ways!

Updates to the Club Website

Teams and the draws for both the Kettle and Lymphoy competitions have now been posted.

The Roll of Honour (1st draft, I suspect!) has now been posted.  Please check your entry - is it right?  Have we missed anything and have we got it right?  Are there any other records that you would like to see included?

Norman Nicol's excellent history of the club and its origins has been updated and you will find it under the "history" tab.

Finally, due respect to the club's office bearers - they have their own page!